Also, myths are generally told more of imaginary entities than real ones, not less. Myths are all that imaginary creatures have going for them. How many myths are there about Pope Francis?
I see your problem here, you’re restricting attention to things that either exist or have had myths told about them. Thus it’s not surprising that you find that they are negatively correlated. If you condition on at least one of A or B being true, then A and B will always negatively correlate.
I see your problem here, you’re restricting attention to things that either exist or have had myths told about them. Thus it’s not surprising that you find that they are negatively correlated. If you condition on at least one of A or B being true, then A and B will always negatively correlate.
(BTW, this effect is known as Berkson’s paradox.)
Thanks, I knew it had a Wikipedia entry and spent nearly 10 minutes looking for it before giving up.